Cthulhu Dice Bag

Many moons later, I finally get back to this baby. By posting old stuff!



I knitted this two Christmases ago for my lovely brother, who has waaay too many dice for such a small bag. Still! He likes it, and takes it along to cons.

The bag is the smallest of Katydid's Geek Chic Dice Bags, onto which I added a cluster of i-cord tentacles. That's really the most time-consuming part; I knitted the bag in an hour or two, but did the tentacles over the next two days.



The key to tentacle success is density. You really want to pack those babies in there. Think you have enough? Add more! Think you've run out of room? Get out your crochet hook and do some single chains! It helps to like doing i-cord. Which I do.



His squiddy horribleness is made of some weird speckly green acrylic worsted weight I got second-hand, on my gorgeous Knit Picks nickel-plated 4mm DPNs. His eyes and his jaggedy eyebrows are embroidered on in dark green 5-ply wool, and he's held closed with a black i-cord drawstring.

something with bats on

I very rarely write. It's a habit I need to get back into, but lately I've been more of a consumer than a creator of content, and that's unfortunate. I yearn to knit more, and do more with my hands- and play Pokemon, for some bizarre reason. It's an odd thing, actually studying IT. I use computers every day- literally every day, now I have an Eee PC- but never seem to run out of blogs to read, and Tweets to follow, and fic to find. The internet is an engrossing pastime, and lends itself to consumption. Actually updating a journal is a fine idea, but finding the time to talk about things is less fun than it sounds.

Anyway. My urge to create is such that I'm knitting while I'm on the internet- interknitting, if you will- which is a good time. The zine my friend and sidekick Mishka and I keep talking about creating is itching under my skin, aching to get out. Promising! For the moment, though, I want to knit things. My current to-knit list looks something like this:

-finish off the Elisa Nest Tote I just started
-knit something (probably something with bats on) for the fabulous Mary Borsellino, because she is my favourite and deserves bats
-a neckwarmer for Nat
-more squares for Wrap With Love
-something with Oogie Boogie on it

Of those, I've had 'something with bats on for Mary' on my little list since her birthday in March, back when 'something with bats' was a pair of handwarmers with the Torchwood logo on the back- a pattern I should write up and post, since they went really well. Unfortunately, I knitted them in Grignesco Bambi, which is gorgeous pure wool. Mary is allergic to wool. Strong Fail.

Alright! Enough crying about yarn. I'm going to finish a row, finish my breakfast, and start in on a LiveJournal post. Yes, I have four tabs open in Notepad++, stop looking at me like that.

Dr. Rockin's Patterns #2.5: Umbrella Academy Vest- REDUX!

Umbrella Academy Vest REDUX!
Adapted from The Australian Wool Council's Traditional Knitting With Wool, pattern 25, to this snazzy cosplay-tastic version by J.K. Rockin'. No infringement of copyright is intended; I don't own any of the copyrights to the Umbrella Academy, but I DO own this pattern, so please don't use this commercially. (That means don't knit one and sell it, or Gerard will come to your house and suck your blood.)

Dr. Rockin's Patterns #4: Shamelessly Unoriginal Ear Hat

The Shamelessly Unoriginal Ear Hat
The basic concept of this hat (and, okay, most of the specs. Get off my back, dude, I just knit stuff okay) has been shamelessly pinched from Demon Knit Designs' Pencil Case Hat, but I've tweaked it to my preferred specifications. Like, y'know, hats that aren't MASSIVE AND UNWEILDY. This is my version! It is absurdly simple.

Dr. Rockin's Patterns #3: Flap Hat of Awesomeness

Jenn's Flap Hat of Awesomeness
Like many of my patterns, this one's a cinch. The only slightly tricky part is picking up stitches, and that's a snap once you know how. You can find any number of good tutorials around the place. I like this one.

Dr. Rockin's Patterns #2: Umbrella Academy Vest

Umbrella Academy Vest
Adapted from The Australian Wool Council's Traditional Knitting With Wool, pattern 25, to this snazzy cosplay-tastic version by J.K. Rockin'. No infringement of copyright is intended; I don't own any of the copyrights to the Umbrella Academy, but I DO own this pattern, so please don't use this commercially. (That means don't knit one and sell it, or Gerard will come to your house and suck your blood.)

let me introduce my bad self

Good afternoon, folks. I’m Doctor* J.K. Rockin', Dork Knitter and scene ninja. Amongst other things I knit, sing, write and share my Strong Opinions in a faintly smug yet hopefully endearing fashion.

In addition to my Strong Opinions about everything else, I have Very Strong Opinions about music! I like almost everything, and I like telling other people what I think almost (but not quite) as much as I like music. You may also notice knitting patterns scattered around the place. Mostly they're not terribly original or inventive, but they're mine. ::pats notebook affectionately::.

All over this blog (up the top, see?) I talk about being a scene ninja. What that means is: I am like the wind. Look around the Sydney scene; you will not see me, but I am there. In basic terms, what I mean is that I go to a fair number of shows, listen to a lot of albums, lurk around MySpace, and I know a few people by face, first name and phone number. I am not and will probably never be a Big Name in any scene, but look to the shadows, and you might find me.

I'm also the Captain of The Pep Squad, a crew- alright, there's two of us, whatever- of fierce and fabulous individuals. My best friend and co-conspirator Mishka, a.k.a. The Fishmouse, has no blog as yet. You can find us on Twitter at @pepsquad.

With any luck, allowing for traffic, storms, rains of blood and so on, there’ll be exciting new things up on a fairly regular basis. I talk entirely too much and I type pretty fast, so I tend towards long-windedness, but bearing in mind that I’m a student and bone idle, who knows? Hopefully you’ll find my opinions as interesting as I do.

Surfing safety,
Doctor** J.K. Rockin' (Loveologist, Awesometrist, Procrastinatrix)

*Not true.
**Still not true.